342 Roger of Sicily

of the Curia called familiares, and bear the titles
of archons. In this council the great names are
those of the emir of emirs (ammiratus timmira-
tomm)t the chancellor, the seneschal, the logo-
thete. In the Curia itself there were also the
constable and marshal, the capellam and cumerarii,
and" prelates such as the Archbishop of Palermo,
The real cabinet, if one can call it so, was formed
of those high ministers whom Peter of EboH calls
d&mini curm, who worn a distinctive head-dress,
and travelled at the expense of the state. Of these
the greatest wan the emir of emirs, a title which,
until 1160, far transcended the Norman office of
chancellor; invested with this title, George of
Antioeh wielded the power of a vizir, presided over
the Curia in the King's absence, and decided
important In the provinces. Yet the

King himself allowed no man to displace him in
the council chamber or the seat of government,

The financial side of the Curia, the Treasury or
Exchequer, showed the most complete organisation
of any departmtmt of government; here Norman
Sicily showed to the kingdoms of the West a sys-
tem incomparably superior to their rude feudal
exchequers, As in the of the government

as a whole, we must give a survey extending over
the reigns of the two Williams m well as that of
Roger II.

The finances of the Apuiian .had

centred in the Camera or Treasury and its officials,
the camerarii. Under II, the wholearc also as memberse, ap, eiLt p, 95,, La domination »«»«»&» in pp» tlli,, ilv»f tti alive in laot It to vwry likely